巴

Meaning

巴 centers on a distinctive swirling comma-like shape, often seen in traditional Japanese designs. Its meaning is primarily visual: a spiral or tomoe pattern.

• 巴ともえ

  tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

• 三つ巴みつどもえ

  (emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle

• 三つ巴の戦いみつどもえのたたかい

  playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

• 三つ巴戦みつどもえせん

  playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

• 卍巴まんじともえ

  (fighting) in a confused mass; (falling) in swirls; (falling) in whirls

• 四つ巴よつどもえ

  (emblem of) four comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle

• 大巴旦おおばたん

  Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis); salmon-crested cockatoo

• 小巴旦こばたん

  yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)

• 巴パ

  Pali language

• 巴コーポレーションともえコーポレーション

  Tomoe Corporation

• 巴丹ばたん

  cockatoo

• 巴人はじん

  resident of ancient Sichuan

• 巴戦ともえせん

  dogfight

• 巴投げともえなげ

  tomoe nage (judo throw); circle throw; stomach throw

• 巴旦杏はたんきょう

  plum; almond

• 巴瓦ともえがわら

  comma-pattern tile

• 巴結びともえむすび

  fast bowline (knot)

• 巴草ともえそう

  great St. Johns wort (Hypericum ascyron); giant St. John's wort

• 巴蛾ともえが

  Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)

• 巴豆はず

  purging croton (Croton tiglium)

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